Knitting tool



March 19, '1929. E. VHAGIHARA KNITTING TOOL 3 Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed Nov. 17, 1925 INVEN T OR. A: H a 9171 am ATTORNEY.

March 19,1929. 5 HAGMARA 1,705,860

' KNITTING TOOL Filed Nov. 17, 1925 3 Sheets "Sheet 2 INVENTOR.

Q /a Mm/v BY ATTORNEYS f 5 Sheets-Sheet INVENTOR. a qg/hara ATTORNEYS March 19, 1929. E. HAGIHARA KNITTING TOOL Filed Nov. 17 1925- Patented Mar. 19, 1929.

UNITED STATES- nrronr HAGIHARA, or NAsU-GUN, crooner-mm, JAPAN.

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Application filed November 17, 1925. Serial No. 69,638.

My invention relates to a novel tool for knitting, and has for its object to provide a;

tool adapted to be used for knitting woolen goods or the like.

Another object of my invention is to provide knitting tools adapted for rapid and easy knitting.

A further object of my invention is to provide means whereby: knitting may be done by'those who are not Well accustomed to usual knitting-needles.

A further object of my inventionis to rovide means whereby knit goods with uni orm meshes is produced.

A still further object of my invention is to provide knittingtools, certain parts of which are detachable and may be readily replaced by similar parts.

Other objects and particularities of my invention will be obvious from the following description with reference to the accompanying drawings, wherein:

Fig. 1 shows a perspective view of one part of a knitting tool embodying my invention.

Fig. 2 is a view similar to Fig. 1 of the other part of the tool, partly broken away.

Fig. 3 is a sectional view of the tool, the two parts thereof being assembled in use for knitting.

Figs. 4 to 9, inclusive show various stages of the. knitting operation of the knitting tool.

Referring now to Figs. 1 to 3, the main part 1 comprises a body 2 of a rectangular bar shape. The body 2 is provided with a centrally disposed longitudinal groove 3 in the upper half of the height of'the body 2. The groove 3 is adapted to receive a plurality of root members 4 in alignment with one another. The members 4 are made to fit in the groove 3 and are secured therein as clearly shown in the Fig. 3. They are detachably maintained in their positions by suitable means, such as screws 5. The members 4 have a plurality of spaced pins 6 which are preferably integral portions. The members 4 may preferably be made of celluloid or like substance. Each pin 6 has an enlarged flat top portion or disc-shaped head 7, the flat sides of the head being perpendicular to the plane of the side of the body 2.

The auxiliary part 8 comprises a body 9 having a longitudinal groove 10 adapted to receive root members 11. The dimensions and arrangement of these parts are similar to those of the main part 1. They are assembled by means of screws 12 as in part 1.

The members 11 have a plurality of curved pins 13, corresponding in number and spaced similarly to the ends 6. The pins 13 may be formed as integral portions ofmembers 11 as in the case of pins 6. Each pin 13 is.

curved as shown in the drawings, having an enlarged circular top portion or head 14.

The body 9 is provided with lugs 15 adapted to support the body 1, when in use, in registered position thereto.

The knitting operation is clearly shown in Figs. 4 to 9 in various stages thereof.

For knitting woolen oods, for example, a woolen thread is firstknitted by means of usual knitting pins for obtaining the first series of meshes, for a desired breadth.

The successive pins 6 are then inserted into the successive meshes of the first series of meshes thus formed.

Alternatively, this first process may be conveniently done by means of my knitting tool only. For this purpose, the two elements or parts 1 and 8 are assembled with each other with the pin heads registering to each other as shown in Fig. 3, and one end of the thread 20 is tied on the-extreme pin 6 (Fig. 4).

The thread is then successively turned on the pins 6 with the inter-pin portion of the thread engaging the other pins 13, as in the manner shown in Fig. 4. The element 8 is then disengaged from the element 1 and the thread is in an arrangement as shown at 21 in Fig. 5.. V

The auxiliary part 8 is then assembled with the part 1, at the opposite side thereof,

with the concave sides of the pins 13 outwards, as shown in Fig. 5. The thread is then turned on the successive pins 13 and 6 alternately and in zig-zag fashion along the whole breadth of the first series of meshes in a manner as shown at 22 in Fig. 5. y

The meshes are then folded back towards the element8 beyond the heads of pins 6. The folding may be facilitated by use of the usual needle 19 and effected in a manner as shown in Fig. 6. The folded portions of the thread are shown by 23 in Fig. 6. A second series of meshes is then formed, and the newly turned thread is sustained on the pins 6, by reason of its engaging the top portions 7. After the folding is completed,

the auxiliary part 8 is disengaged from the part 1 with its pins 13 stripping out the I knitted goods is obtained as shown at 24: in

Fig. 9, and the operation may be continued as desired in the manner above illustrated. It will be obvious that according to this invention, a knitting is easily and correctly obtained without the need of the complicated art of using knitting-needles.

In a preferred form of my invention, the pins are made of celluloid and by reason of its low resistivity, the operation is extremely simple. When; the pins are made of cellu- ..1oid, the pins may be tapered towards the tops inorder to obtain strong structure of the pin bodies, for compensating the natural weakness of celluloid. Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I claim is:

1. A knitting-tool comprising a body of rectangular bar shape having fiatsides and having a longitudinal groove therein, a plurality of-roo't members adapted to fit in said groove and sustained in position thereby, a plurality of spaced pins of substantially straight form having disc shaped heads with their fiat sides perpendicular to the plane of the side of said body, a second body similar to said first body,'a plurality of root members similar to said first root members cooperating with said second body, a plurality of spaced pins of curved form having substantially spherical heads projecting in the concave sides of curved pins, said bodies being arranged to cooperate with each other.

2. A knitting-tool as set forth in claim 1, said first and second mentioned root members being adapted to be detachably secure% in said respective grooves and said first an second mentioned pins corresponding to eachl other in number and spacing.

3. A knitting apparatus comprising a pair of independent bars adapted to be disposed in juxtaposition, a series of aligned pins on one of said bars, and a series of aligned pins on the other of said bars disposed in staggered relation to the pins of the first meu tioned bar, one of said bars being movable relative to the other so as to permit same to be alternately engaged with the opposed side f' said other bar.

4.. nitting apparatus comprising a pair of independent bars adapted tobe disposed in parallel contacting relation, a series of aligned pins on one of said bars,and a series of outwardly extending aligned hooks on the other of said bars disposed in staggered relation to the pins of the first named bar, the

hook carrying bar being movable relative to the other of said bars so as to permit same to be alternately engaged with the opposed side faces of said other bar, whereby the hooks are extended outwardly away from the pins when said bar is shifted to eitherside of the pin carrying bar.

In witness whereof I afiix my signature.

EIIGHI HAGIHARA. 

